Adjustable heel for footwear.



H. E. FRY. ADJUSTABLE HEEL FOB FOOTWEAR. APPLICATION FILED APR.20, 1011.

1,020,1 38', Patented Mar. 12, 1912.

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IN VE N T 0/? v Harry E. Pr

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HARRY E. FRY, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

ADJUSTABLE HEEL FOR FOOTWEAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 20, 1911. Serial No. 622,321.

Patented Mar.. 12, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY E. FRY, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of New York, county and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Heels for Footwear, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates more particularly to adjustable heels or deviceswhich may be readily applied to shoes or boots and which may be heldagainst movement when once adjusted.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a simple andeflicient device of rubber or other material which may be held to theheel of a shoe or similar article in such a way that it may be adjustedto allow the device to be moved just the distance wanted or required asit wears, and at the same time provide simple means whereby the devicemay be permanently held in its adjusted position in order to insure afirm footing, thus overcoming many of the objections to devices of thiskind as ordinarily constructed.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simple and efiicientfastening device for the heel or device by which the device may berotated or shifted any desired distance in case of Wear and by saidmeans tightened and held against further movement until it is againadjusted.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple device which isso constructed that the device and the fastening means will not pullapart, and to provide'a device which may be readily applied by thepurchaser.

WVith these and other objects in view, the invention will be hereinaftermore particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specification, and will then be pointed out inthe claims at the end of the description.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevation, partly 1n section,of a shoe showing one form of my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is aninverted detail plan view of the heel or device detached from the shoe;and Fig. 3 is a plan view looking at the reverse side to Fig. 1, showingthe means -for holding the heel to permit adjustment,

and at the same time hold the heel against movement after being onceadjusted.

While I shall show and describe the invention as applied to a shoe, itwill be understood that the invention can be applied to other forms offoot wear and that the term shoe where used is intended to be broadenough to include such articles.

The shoe 10 is provided with the usual heel ll of any desired height,and adapted to be fastened to the heel 11 is a detachable heel or device12. This device 12 may be clrcular or of any other desired form and maybe made of rubber or other suitable material. As shown the device hasthe body portion 13 and vulcanized or otherwise formed as a part thereofis a fabric 14 which is embedded within the device, said fabric servingbetter to hold the parts t0- gether and to prevent the fastening meansfrom. pulling out or readily separating as might otherwise be the case.

A fastening device 15 of metal is adapted to be arranged within a recess16 on the wearing face of the device. The wearing face of the heel maybe roughened or otherwise made to prevent slipping. The fastenlng device15 has a body portion 17 from which project arms 18 and central. of saiddevice is a depressed portion 18 forming an aperture and a seat for thehead 19 of a screw 20. The screw 20 is adapted to en.- gage the heel 11of the shoe and serves as a pivot whereby the heel or device 12 may bemoved or adjusted the required distance in case of Wear. Each of thearlns'18 has an angular part, 21 which is suitably sharpened and isadapted to be forced throu h the body of the device 12 and to enter t eheel 11 of the shoe when the said device 12 is held in its properposition and the screw 20 is forced home. The number of arms and thenumber of fastening parts 21 may vary and the purpose of these parts isto permit the heel to be quickly adjusted by releasing the screw so thatthe wear will occur just where it is wanted and to the extent. it iswanted, and that the heel when thus held will insure a firm footingwhich is not the case with heels constructed to rotate or movefreely'upon a pivot as has been proposed.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that a simple and eflicient deviceis provided as a detachable heel which may be readily attached to theheel of a shoe or other article; that simple and eflicient fasteningmeans is provided for the device whereby said device may be readilyadjusted andheld against wearing portion-to the heel and as a pivotrotation in such adjusted position; and that to permit adjustmentthereof j 25 said device is simple in construction and 3. An adjustableheel having its body may be readily applied to the shoe or other formedof rubber with a fabric portion article by the purchaser. forming a partthereof and having a sub- Having thus described my invention, Istantlally central recess on the wearing face claimas new and desire tosecure by Letters thereof, a fastening element having a body 30 Patent Iportion provided with acentral depressed 1. A heel, a detachable wearingportion, part and with arms having angularly formed a fastening elementhaving arms provided ends adapted to pass through the body of withsharpened parts projecting through the heel and to enter the heel of thearticle the wearin portion to the heel.

said wearing portlon and entering the heel to which the adjustable heelis fastened, 35 anda screw passing through the element and and a screwseated in the depressed central serving as a means for adjustablyholding portion of the fastening element and adapt- 4 ed to engage theheel of the article to which 2. A hee a rubber wearing portion, protheadjustable heel is secured and to serve 'vided with a fabricportion,'a'fastening eleas a pivot for said adjustable heel. 4

ment having a body provided with a de- This specification signedandwitnessed pressed part forming a central opening and this 19th day ofApril A. D. 1911. arms projecting through said wearing por- HARRY E.FRY. tion and entering the heel and a screw pass- Witnesses: ing throughthe central openin and serv- W. A. TOWNER, Jr., ing as a means foradjustably olding the ,L. I. MAYER.

